Reports

Wage and Fringe Benefits Comparability Survey

Each Head Start program conducts a wage and fringe benefits survey every three years to use to evaluate and improve compensation. The VHSA directors decided to launch a statewide survey in 2015. The seven Head Start programs and their community partners like schools and social service agencies, received an invitation to participate in a web survey. The Vermont Head Start Association Wage and Fringe Benefits Comparability Report released in September 2015 and updated in February 2016 includes the results of the survey. The Vermont Head Start State Collaboration Office funded this statewide study.

National Reports

The Office of Head Start submit reports to Congress on various topics including: the Monitoring System and the Designation Renewal System, pursuant to the Head Start Act. See a full list of Reports to Congress on the ECLKC website.

“These two new studies add to a robust body of research that shows The Head Start Advantage is significant and meaningful,” said National Head Start Association Executive Director Yasmina Vinci. “The Hamilton Project study is a terrific national affirmation of the long-term, positive effects of Head Start, and Tulsa’s CAP program is a case study in how local design and flexibility allows communities to tailor programs and maximize, long-term positive effects.

The VHSSCO conducts an annual needs assessment of Head Start and Early Head Start grantees to learn how to better support them as they coordinate, collaborate, and align services, curricula, assessments, and standards with their State, regional, and local public and private partners for the benefit of young children and families. Please go to the recent reports for details: